Hamish MacLean

Four decades ago, on February 9, 1980, Ben Otang, or Sei Shihan Ben, taught the first class at Dunedin’s Seido Karate Club.

At least half a dozen new scientists and the same number of new planners will be required in the short term to complete the Otago Regional Council’s new water plan, council chairwoman Marian Hobbs...

Once you get to know her, Yellow is a "really good team-mate".

The free ride could soon be over for Airbnb operators as the Dunedin City Council considers higher rates for the city’s booming residential short-term visitor accommodation market.

Dunedin's bus fares are due to get cheaper, but until next week Dunedin city councillors will not have considered where the money will come from.

Richard Crabb, of Auckland, stands in front of his 12m American motorhome.

Port Otago will start to measure air quality at its Port Chalmers base this year, chief executive Kevin Winders says.

Otago catchment groups will receive additional funding from the Otago Regional Council after councillors backed "a more strategic approach" to community-led freshwater improvements earlier this week.

The "appetite" to improve public transport at a regional level could be greater than Dunedin Mayor Aaron Hawkins thinks.

Police are attending a truck and trailer crash in State Highway 93 near Mataura.

A patched Mongrel Mob member is licking his wounds in Dunedin Hospital after being bitten by a police dog following a dramatic car chase.

New rules for rural landowners to meet water quality standards may have been pushed out to 2026 — but the Otago Regional Council will not reveal its decision until February 8.